My clearcoat is blistering!!!

antennahead · 10-29-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by nicknick

don't shake your head, just try it, worked for me.

If you live in a populated area and drive the interstate, that is not only impossible, but an assinine answer from you as well!

Benibiker · 10-30-2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

My car has new clear coat from the doors forward. A quality job will be better than factory...

Why was your car repainted (clear coat)?

NXTAZEE · 10-30-2009, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

My car has new clear coat from the doors forward. A quality job will be better than factory...

If you have a quality job done it can be better than factory.

Mike@Blackline · 10-30-2009, 05:10 AM

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flashburn · 10-30-2009, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by NXTAZEE

If you have a quality job done it can be better than factory.

Would you expect a quality job to be done at the dealer? Or if I do accept that fix, should I insist that a autobody shop do the job?

I wonder why even the service manager told me that if the car needs to be repainted, that the best paint job I am going to get is from the factory. I'm so torn on what to do!

Modshack · 10-30-2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Benibiker

Why was your car repainted (clear coat)?

Accident damage to the front. New hood, new nose, paint blended on fenders, and cleared.. Glass smooth perfect too!

Modshack · 10-30-2009, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by flashburn

Would you expect a quality job to be done at the dealer? Or if I do accept that fix, should I insist that a autobody shop do the job?

I wonder why even the service manager told me that if the car needs to be repainted, that the best paint job I am going to get is from the factory. I'm so torn on what to do!

It's a rare dealer these days who has their own body shop. Don't worry...They won't paint it back in the wash bay. Usually the work is subbed out to a shop they have had good experience with. I would inquire around town as to which is the best shop in your area. In the end it boils down to the person doing the job. Your service manager is not informed or is not dealing with quality shops..

flashburn · 10-30-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

It's a rare dealer these days who has their own body shop. Don't worry...They won't paint it back in the wash bay. Usually the work is subbed out to a shop they have had good experience with. I would inquire around town as to which is the best shop in your area. In the end it boils down to the person doing the job. Your service manager is not informed or is not dealing with quality shops..

That is good to hear, since they have already said that if they have to repaint it, they will make sure it is local to me. Maybe I will settle with the car being repainted after all.

370Zsteve · 10-30-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by flashburn

I wonder why even the service manager told me that if the car needs to be repainted, that the best paint job I am going to get is from the factory. I'm so torn on what to do!

The window of opportunity is almost closed. Keep hemming and hawing, pretty soon your new car won't be new, and you will have lost any opportunity you had.

Imagine! The factory will do the best job of repainting! Shocking! You mean all the experts here who state that you'll get a better job at an auto-repair shop are wrong?

Modshack · 10-30-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Imagine! The factory will do the best job of repainting! Shocking! You mean all the experts here who state that you'll get a better job at an auto-repair shop are wrong?

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just doing a JoeD impersonation..

Lots and lots of incidents reported here concerning Poor paint and clearcoat from the factory....... it's been apparent that paint is not Nissan's strongest area..

kannibul · 10-30-2009, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by flashburn

Would you expect a quality job to be done at the dealer? Or if I do accept that fix, should I insist that a autobody shop do the job?

I wonder why even the service manager told me that if the car needs to be repainted, that the best paint job I am going to get is from the factory. I'm so torn on what to do!

Usually they will contract it out.

kannibul · 10-30-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just doing a JoeD impersonation..

Lots and lots of incidents reported here concerning Poor paint and clearcoat from the factory....... it's been apparent that paint is not Nissan's strongest area..

It's kind of industry wide...thanks to the EPA regulations...and it's easier to adhere to those regulations and make the paint suck for everyone than to retool with more volitle (ie, good) stuff.

370Zsteve · 10-30-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just doing a JoeD impersonation..

Lots and lots of incidents reported here concerning Poor paint and clearcoat from the factory....... it's been apparent that paint is not Nissan's strongest area..

Not easy to do a JoeD impersonation

The poor paint and clearcoat "from the factory" are damaged in transit. Nissan's only problem is it's shipper. There is no way these cars are leaving QC from a Japanese factory in poor condition. Head of QC would commit hari-kiri if that was the case.

Read this, then tell me your local body shop will do a better job. It's apparent that paint (and QC) is one of Nissan's STRONGEST areas.

http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/119904.html

370Zsteve · 10-30-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kannibul

It's kind of industry wide...thanks to the EPA regulations...and it's easier to adhere to those regulations and make the paint suck for everyone than to retool with more volitle (ie, good) stuff.

nonsense.

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